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What is it Like Wearing Google Glass on a Motorcycle? - JerryRigEverything

2014-02-25
Google glass works by projecting light from the black housing onto the angled part of a cube to lens you can see that's how Google got is cute logo from the angle that that lens makes shining a camera into the lens doesn't do us a whole lot of good I ended up using a screencast to my Samsung Note 3 and a few extra cameras in order to make this simulation work my name is Zack and I run the YouTube channel jerry-rigged everything I will be your unofficial glass host on this adventure this video is rendered in 1080 so feel free to bump up the quality to get the full effect my first thought when I saw that Google was going to be making the glass was instantly about how the navigation would look and work while riding on a motorcycle I've thrown together a few clips from my travels to give you the most realistic experience possible without actually having to buy the glass yourself this is almost exactly how the glass would look without the sunglass lens in place I tried to make the opacity of the navigation window as realistic as possible you can see that it does take up a rather large chunk of your vision but it is see-through when you are focusing beyond the window it doesn't come across as that much of a legitimate obstacle is it distracting yes even though it is see-through having a list screen over your shoulder every time you check your blind spot gets a little too exciting for my taste I've been riding bikes for about 10 years and even I found myself having major lapses and awareness when switching my focus from that navigation window to real life when you're on a motorcycle those lapses can be dangerous I'm going to switch screens now so you can see exactly what's on the navigation window you can see how many feet it is till you turn what the street name is that you're going to turn on to as well as the amount of time it will take until you reach your destination it also shows you a basic map of the streets in your immediate area just like with the Google navigation app on your smartphone there is a woman voice getting turn-by-turn directions on a boned conductive speaker the bone conduction speaker basically transmits sound we threw your temple through vibrations but with the noise that my motorcycle makes it was still a bit difficult to make out exactly what she was saying the little dings that the glass makes come through loud and clear though it's like a sound is playing from inside your head instead of through your ears it gets a little weird does take a second to get used to the glass does come with an earbud that you can plug in I'm sure that would help out a little with the audio thing I just haven't tried it yet would I recommend one of these specifically for motorcycle riding probably not at least until the price drops I put a link in the video description below for current Amazon pricing for those who are interested right now the Explorer additions are upward of 1500 bucks hopefully that price will drop drastically when they are officially released overall this was a fun little project I enjoyed making this video if there's enough interest I can do a night version and show you what it looks like driving around at night with the Google glasses on if you have any questions just leave them in the comments below if there's anything else you would like to see me do with Google glass just ask and I'll see if I can make it happen and don't forget to share this video with a motorcyclist in your life everyone's got their own two-wheeled fanatic somewhere and thank you for watching and thank you for subscribing to my future videos I put up new videos about every week or so thanks for watching you
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